Better Living Through Chemistry

Overview

In the 1970s, Dr. Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin significantly contributed to the development and psychopharmaceutical use of MDMA: a catalyst to personal doors entombed or unknown. His widow, co-author, and research partner, Ann—alongside friends, family, and colleagues—gives a guided tour of their life and laboratory, reflecting on how risks and revelations opened a world of compound enlightenment. Stippled with spirituality, sadness, and skepticism, the Shulgins’ chemical love story examines the power of psychedelic psychotherapy, sacred alchemy, and challenging the path of misunderstood resistance.

Directed by Connie Littlefield

Top cast

Ann Shulgin

Self

Alexander Shulgin

Self

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Tania Manning

Self

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Greg Manning

Self

Brian Perry

Self - Ann's Son

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Renee Reeser Zelnick

Self

Mariavittoria Mangini

Self

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Jennifer Dumpert

Self

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Fire Erowid

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Earth Erowid

Self

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David E. Presti

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Sunny Heartsong

Self

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Wendy Perry

Self - Ann's Daughter

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Paul F. Daley

Self

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Myron Stolaroff

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Jean Stolaroff

Self

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Keeper Trout

Self

Jason Tucker

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Dechen Sherpa

Self

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